What are your regular beauty/personal grooming buys?

[TwigletsAndRadishes]

Standing in the shower this morning and reaching for the shampoo I started to think about how so many of the things I buy are regular purchases that I rarely or never switch up on, and I hate running out of. I've reached that age where I know what I like and I stick to it.

For me it's:

Dove soap bars and the stick deodorants. I'm not a fan of shower gel.
Sensodyne toothpaste, the one with the green cap is my favourite because it tastes like Tic Tacs.

Plantur 39 caffeine shampoo which (unless I am imagining it) has really slowed down my menopausal hair loss. Also the No More Yellow shampoo which is cheap, comes in enormous bottles and works brilliantly as a purple toner for blonde or naturally grey/white hair. I shampoo first with the Plantur 39, then again with the NMY, but I use any old conditioner.

Elemis cleansing balm in a tub. The yellow one, original scent. Expensive but lasts me ages and smells so lovely. I alternate it with the Boot No 7 gel cleanser in a tube which is cheap but brillant.

The Ordinary serums and skincare. I use a few of them but I am never without the Multi Peptide Serum which used to be called Buffet.

Johnsons Baby Powder.

My mascara is always either Benefits Roller Lash (I've had about 4) or Max Factor Volume Million which I've been using for donkey's years.

My foundation has been Boots No 7 (various types) for absolutely donkeys years, because their Cool Ivory colour suits my natural skin tone better than any other colour I've found. Despite trying lots of expensive brands over the years I always end up back here, so I don't bother looking at others now.

Mac Mehr lipstick. It's my desert island disc of lipsticks. I've been wearing it for many years and I dread them discontinuing it. I do wear several others, but when it doubt it's always Mehr. It goes with everything and really suits me.

I rarely wear perfume but my signature scent is Bottega Veneta for women. I'm on my fourth bottle and although I own a few others I don't wear them anywhere near as often. The one possible exception is Bois d'Iris by Van Cleef and Arpels. I'm still on my first bottle and I've had it three years but would definitely replace when it's gone.

Ultradex mouthwash. It's very effective and doesn't leave your mouth feeling like your gargled with paint stripper.

Very tempted to try the Aldi balm cleanser, I switch between the Elemis/Clinique/Body Shop ones at the moment, think the body shop is actually my favourite of them

I bought the No 7 balm cleanser at the weekend. Initial impressions are good.

Lancôme Hypnose mascara
Boots Ingredients retinol eye cream
Clarins Eau des Jardins perfume
Sure Men Invisible Ice Fresh spray deodorant
O'Keefe's Working Hands

I only ever wear Bobbi Brown Sandwash Pink too, tried others but always go back to Bobbi Brown Sandwash Pink in the end

Hair - Kerastase Shampoo, Conditioner, Mask, Hair Spray, Styling Cream
Make Up - Dior eyeshadow and foundation. Lancôme Hypnose Mascara, Bobbi Brown Sandwash Pink lipstick, Dior lip gloss
Make Up Remover - Chanel
Moisturiser, Cleanser, Night Cream - Monuskin
Shower Gel - Molton Brown
Hand Wash - Molton Brown
Body Lotion - Clarins Moisture Rich Body Lotion
Hand Cream- Clarins Hand & Nail Treatment Cream
Perfume - Dior or Chanel

Skincare - Avène Cicalfate moisturiser, Ren Evercalm day cream + face wash, Kate Somerville Exfolikate, BioDerma micellar water, Lansinoh nipple balm for lips

Hair - Elvive Dream Lengths shampoo + hair mask, Olaplex hair oil, Aveda Shampowder dry shampoo (life changing!!)

Body - Rituals shower gel (typically in the Karma scent), Dove cream soap bar, Dove Advanced Care deodorant (another life changer!), Aveeno body moisturiser, Nivea Q10 gradual tanning lotion in the summer, Jo Malone English Pear & Freesia perfume, Rituals Karma perfume

Makeup - Ilia mascara (all natural + has the most amazing wand), L’Oreal True Match foundation (have tried expensive brands and go back to this every time, it’s simply the best), Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser, Rimmel natural bronzer, Too Faced Chocolate Bar eyeshadow palette, Dior blush, Milk Future Fluid concealer, Dior Lip Glow oil in Cherry, Glossier Balm Dot Com in strawberry, Clinique Black Honey almost lipstick

Wunderbrow and Lancôme Hypnose Mascara

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La Roche Posay SPF 50 for face - always. (Brown spots have actually faded)
Clarins Tonic body oil for legs
Clarins Blue Orchid facial oil - overnight after gym/sauna
MUA brow pencil - effective, cheap
ELF - impressed with many of their products - blushers especially. Could go more high end, but actually prefer this brand.

Barry M glitter nail polish -
don’t shout at me, but I just keep painting over it.
Some hasn’t budged since a punishing activity trip last June on my toenails, it’s that hard wearing - so I just paint over it and wait for it to grow out.
Looks surprisingly good in photos too.

Tropic Mineral foundation

Child's Farm 3 in 1 hair and body (started buying it for the DC but I love it, really nice on my hair)

Salt of the Earth deodorant

Another vote for Black Honey

Clarins Eau Extraordinaire - still not sure what a "treatment" fragrance is but makes me feel calm and happy when I catch a sniff. Shame it's not a bit more long lasting...

Murad multi vitamin oil and intense moisturiser. Game changer for peri dry face.

My biggest beauty recommend is glycerine soap bars from the Yorkshire Soap Company. They're not cheap but amazing on my skin, smell gorgeous down to the last sliver and don't seem to create shower scum. I but them 20 at a time and the whole family are now converts. No more shower gel here!

I always have a pot of the blue Nivea cream on the go and a backup as I can’t be without it.
Sanex or Mitchum roll on deodorant.
No.7 stay perfect mascara, I try others but always go back to this one.
Aveeno oat serum and night cream have transformed my dry patchy sensitive skin, I love them and they are often on offer!

I switch between moisturisers, I like the lancome hydra zen one, but I have a kielhs one at the moment, and a face oil.

I use carmex before bed

I like a chanel lipstick, also use dior and I like the fenty lip glosses.

Thanks, I'll have a look for it.

It's called Fanola No More Yellow. It comes in enormous bottles for about 14 quid. You can get it from Amazon. It's a very intense purple so unless you want it to work like a toner don't leave it on too long! It's quite alarming when it splashes all over your white bathroom, but it wipes of easily and doesn't leave a stain.

Elizabeth Arden Visible Difference Moisturiser. I have used it for nearly 25 years.

Max Factor Masterpiece Mascara Intense. Have tried most of the high end mascaras, but this is the best.

Erborian BB Cream in the Winter, then switch to Erborian CC Cream in Summer.

@Fluff111 thank you, I’ve tried Wunderbrow but I don’t get on with it - I’m not convinced I’m using it right though, do you have any tips?

Less is more. You don’t need much, make it look natural rather than painted on.

Dove soap bars and Dove deodorant

Cerave cleanser and PM Moisturiser

Vichy Mineral89 serum

Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish

Garnier Vitamin C FaceMask

Soap and Glory mascara

Luminous Silk foundation, Nars Radiant Creamy Concealer, Laura Mercier Loose Setting Powder, Urbun Decay or Bobbi Brown Eye shadows, Mac Faux, Mehr and Soar

Chanel Chance and Coco Mademoiselle perfume